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A man came home from work late, tired, and irritated, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make Rs.100 an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow Rs.50?"
The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such childish behavior."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs.50 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
"Are you asleep, son?" He asked.
"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man.
"It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the Rs.50 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" He yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.
"Why do you want more money if you already have some?" the father grumbled.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.
"Daddy, I have Rs.100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
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But even better, share Rs.100 worth of time with someone you love. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.
An unwise investment indeed!
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5A man came home from work late, tired, and irritated, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make Rs.100 an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow Rs.50?"
The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such childish behavior."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs.50 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
"Are you asleep, son?" He asked.
"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man.
"It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the Rs.50 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" He yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.
"Why do you want more money if you already have some?" the father grumbled.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.
"Daddy, I have Rs.100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
Share this story with someone you like....
But even better, share Rs.100 worth of time with someone you love. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.
An unwise investment indeed!
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Hi Sunayna,
Well, currently, votes have increased to 7. As of now, I don't sacrifice my family for work. The reason being I'm still not working - I'm doing my MBA. But even after 1 year, when I'll enter the corporate world, I think my views will still remain the same. Let's see what happens in the future.
Reena
From India, Mumbai
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Well, currently, votes have increased to 7. As of now, I don't sacrifice my family for work. The reason being I'm still not working - I'm doing my MBA. But even after 1 year, when I'll enter the corporate world, I think my views will still remain the same. Let's see what happens in the future.
Reena
From India, Mumbai
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:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( Good Story. Touchy!!! :( :( :( :( :( But we’re helpless, won’t we? :cry: Regards,
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Hi Shaki,
Why do you think that we are helpless? We should put some kind of restriction on ourselves regarding the extent of our working hours. Obviously, everyone wants to achieve the highest zenith in his or her life, but that should not be done by keeping the family at stake. After all, for whom are you earning money?
Reena
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Why do you think that we are helpless? We should put some kind of restriction on ourselves regarding the extent of our working hours. Obviously, everyone wants to achieve the highest zenith in his or her life, but that should not be done by keeping the family at stake. After all, for whom are you earning money?
Reena
From India, Mumbai
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Good Story
I think it's not possible for everybody. Most of the people think they want to spend most of the time with their family members. But due to some circumstances, they are not able to spend their time with their family members. There might be so many reasons.
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Phani
From India, Hyderabad
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I think it's not possible for everybody. Most of the people think they want to spend most of the time with their family members. But due to some circumstances, they are not able to spend their time with their family members. There might be so many reasons.
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Phani
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Nice story - good point, but I think it is all about work-life balance, is it not?
I believe part of HR's role in the organization is to ensure they have happy, productive employees. However, it is all a top-down approach; management needs to appreciate and understand the importance of helping employees balance both work and their personal life.
Sometimes as employees, we recognize when it gets really busy, so we try to manage those periods and understand that there will be times when we can relax more.
Food for thought.
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I believe part of HR's role in the organization is to ensure they have happy, productive employees. However, it is all a top-down approach; management needs to appreciate and understand the importance of helping employees balance both work and their personal life.
Sometimes as employees, we recognize when it gets really busy, so we try to manage those periods and understand that there will be times when we can relax more.
Food for thought.
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Hi Reena,
I believe in this totally and wish to follow it, but when it comes to actually working, there are so many movies I've missed with family because of college projects. There are so many instances where I had to work at my cousin's place, and the rest of my family is kidding around besides me. I don't know... I'll work and let you know what I do :) and would like to hear the same from you.
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I believe in this totally and wish to follow it, but when it comes to actually working, there are so many movies I've missed with family because of college projects. There are so many instances where I had to work at my cousin's place, and the rest of my family is kidding around besides me. I don't know... I'll work and let you know what I do :) and would like to hear the same from you.
From India, Mumbai
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Hi Sunayna,
Well, what I meant was that there should be a work-life balance. This means work should also be considered important.
As you said, you have missed many movies, many instances of having fun with your family. Up to an extent, these are necessary, since your college studies are also important. It happens with me also. But it won't be right that during our exams time we think of going out and have fun with our family since studies are also very important. But still, you must agree that being a student, we still get plenty of time to spend with our family.
But once people start working, they don't have any time for their family. For them, exam time continues forever, and family takes a back seat. That is not right.
Reena
From India, Mumbai
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Well, what I meant was that there should be a work-life balance. This means work should also be considered important.
As you said, you have missed many movies, many instances of having fun with your family. Up to an extent, these are necessary, since your college studies are also important. It happens with me also. But it won't be right that during our exams time we think of going out and have fun with our family since studies are also very important. But still, you must agree that being a student, we still get plenty of time to spend with our family.
But once people start working, they don't have any time for their family. For them, exam time continues forever, and family takes a back seat. That is not right.
Reena
From India, Mumbai
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Well...
Leaving aside the work pressures for a moment...
I would like to ask one basic question: "Whom are you earning for?"
"What do you plan to do with the money you earn?"
If the answer is FAMILY...
"Do you think it is advisable to earn for their 'future' when you are already not giving them the 'desired present'?"
You are already practically absent from their lives today.
Is it feasible to earn a little less today and tomorrow and give more time to the family today and tomorrow, rather than think that you will earn more today and then give them more time tomorrow?
Once you have answered the questions on this line of thought, subsequent answering of other questions will be easier. Decision-making will be easier.
Staying back in the office or spending 12 to 16 hours in the office 'at times' due to work pressure is fine.
But if this 'at times' starts happening 80% of the time...
You better start asking yourself some serious priority questions as indicated above and create a subsequent action plan. Do a SWOT analysis and figure out how long you plan to have to continue such kind of an existence!
Happy soul searching!
... shoOOonya ...
From Switzerland, Geneva
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Leaving aside the work pressures for a moment...
I would like to ask one basic question: "Whom are you earning for?"
"What do you plan to do with the money you earn?"
If the answer is FAMILY...
"Do you think it is advisable to earn for their 'future' when you are already not giving them the 'desired present'?"
You are already practically absent from their lives today.
Is it feasible to earn a little less today and tomorrow and give more time to the family today and tomorrow, rather than think that you will earn more today and then give them more time tomorrow?
Once you have answered the questions on this line of thought, subsequent answering of other questions will be easier. Decision-making will be easier.
Staying back in the office or spending 12 to 16 hours in the office 'at times' due to work pressure is fine.
But if this 'at times' starts happening 80% of the time...
You better start asking yourself some serious priority questions as indicated above and create a subsequent action plan. Do a SWOT analysis and figure out how long you plan to have to continue such kind of an existence!
Happy soul searching!
... shoOOonya ...
From Switzerland, Geneva
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hi shoonya, really liked ur post. u hav clearly explained wat i was clarifying in every post of my mine which i hav done in this topic. keep up the gud work. Reena
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Hi Reena,
Well, I have always believed that "To get the right answers, always ask the right questions" whether the questions are directed to ourselves or others.
By the way, I liked your signature quote. I have used one for almost 6 years now without any change: I read "Impossible" as "I'm Possible."
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Well, I have always believed that "To get the right answers, always ask the right questions" whether the questions are directed to ourselves or others.
By the way, I liked your signature quote. I have used one for almost 6 years now without any change: I read "Impossible" as "I'm Possible."
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As you said, you have missed many movies and instances of having fun with your family. To an extent, these are necessary since your college studies are also important. This happens with me as well.
Reena, are you saying work isn't important? :wink: Chill, I'm just splitting threads.
But it wouldn't be right to think of going out and having fun with our family during exam time since studies are also very important. However, you must agree that as students, we still get plenty of time to spend with our family.
Nope, I wish I had time with my family. Anyway, I'll let you know what happens when I start working. You know, we should have two days off. Life would be better - one on Sunday and an additional day called a HOLIDAY. What do you say? Lol
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Reena, are you saying work isn't important? :wink: Chill, I'm just splitting threads.
But it wouldn't be right to think of going out and having fun with our family during exam time since studies are also very important. However, you must agree that as students, we still get plenty of time to spend with our family.
Nope, I wish I had time with my family. Anyway, I'll let you know what happens when I start working. You know, we should have two days off. Life would be better - one on Sunday and an additional day called a HOLIDAY. What do you say? Lol
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hi shoonya, chr has given u an absolutely fit title of 'citehr wisdom'. thanx for appreciating my signature quote. Reena
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Reena, are you saying work isn't important? :wink: Chill, I'm just splitting threads.
Hey, that's what I was emphasizing - work-life balance. That means both are important.
You know what, we get two holidays in a week - one on Sunday and another weekly holiday, which depends on batch to batch. I would say I'm luckier in that aspect.
Reena
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Reena, are you saying work isn't important? :wink: Chill, I'm just splitting threads.
Hey, that's what I was emphasizing - work-life balance. That means both are important.
You know what, we get two holidays in a week - one on Sunday and another weekly holiday, which depends on batch to batch. I would say I'm luckier in that aspect.
Reena
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Dear Reena,
Work and family are both important for any person. I feel that there is no need to sacrifice family for work; instead, you can work smartly by saving time for both things. Everyone should remember this: "Work smarter than harder."
Swathi
From India, Hyderabad
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Work and family are both important for any person. I feel that there is no need to sacrifice family for work; instead, you can work smartly by saving time for both things. Everyone should remember this: "Work smarter than harder."
Swathi
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hi reena that was touching, im also doing mba.....oops this is raashi this side.....i liked that n expects more ........all d best raashi
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hi swathi, i agree with u.. thats wat i’m emphasizing that there should be work-life balance in life. hi rashi, thanx for appreciation. Reena
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Guys,
I really don't understand the differences between a poll and reviews. None of them agreed about sacrificing family for work, but views show that many are varied and don't reflect the poll results.
Anyway, good response! 😄😄😄
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From India, Madras
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I really don't understand the differences between a poll and reviews. None of them agreed about sacrificing family for work, but views show that many are varied and don't reflect the poll results.
Anyway, good response! 😄😄😄
Regards
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:evil: :shock: :evil: :shock: :evil: :shock: :cry: :evil: :shock: :) mixed emotions lucky u but the response is amazing 24 huh? wow agree with swathi...work smart :idea:
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FAMILY
I ran into a stranger as he passed by, "Oh, excuse me, please," was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too; I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home, a different story is told, how we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal, my son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. "Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken. I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed, God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use, but the family you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor, you'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you. He picked them himself: pink, yellow, and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise; you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small, and now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed; "Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?" He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you. I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldn't have yelled at you that way." He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think? So what is behind the story?
Do you know what the word FAMILY means? FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
From India, Mumbai
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I ran into a stranger as he passed by, "Oh, excuse me, please," was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too; I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home, a different story is told, how we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal, my son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. "Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken. I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed, God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use, but the family you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor, you'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you. He picked them himself: pink, yellow, and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise; you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small, and now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed; "Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?" He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you. I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldn't have yelled at you that way." He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think? So what is behind the story?
Do you know what the word FAMILY means? FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
From India, Mumbai
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Hi,
Both of your stories were good. However, these stories evoke strong emotions while I am at my workplace. It is only recently that I have stopped compromising my personal life for work, as I have come to realize the importance of family. In my previous job, I found it challenging to strike a balance, primarily due to my junior position. Additionally, during the interview with my current employer, I explicitly stated that I would not work on Saturdays and Sundays. It can be difficult for someone in a junior role to stand firm in the workplace.
At times when work requires me to stay late or work extra days, I make sure to take a break to spend time with my family and make up for the lost time. Achieving a balance is crucial to me.
Keep up the good work; it was a well-written article.
Regards,
Soumya Shankar
From India, Bangalore
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Both of your stories were good. However, these stories evoke strong emotions while I am at my workplace. It is only recently that I have stopped compromising my personal life for work, as I have come to realize the importance of family. In my previous job, I found it challenging to strike a balance, primarily due to my junior position. Additionally, during the interview with my current employer, I explicitly stated that I would not work on Saturdays and Sundays. It can be difficult for someone in a junior role to stand firm in the workplace.
At times when work requires me to stay late or work extra days, I make sure to take a break to spend time with my family and make up for the lost time. Achieving a balance is crucial to me.
Keep up the good work; it was a well-written article.
Regards,
Soumya Shankar
From India, Bangalore
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These days it is so easy to fall into the trap of putting too much of ourselves into work and not family. What is good is that we realise it before it is too late.
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Hi Sachu and Soumya,
Thank you for the appreciation.
Hi Effie, I second your thoughts. It is really important for a person to realize the importance of work-life balance.
Hey, I would like to know who has voted affirmatively in the poll. Who thinks that it's fine to sacrifice family for the sake of work? Could you please explain?
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Reena
From India, Mumbai
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Thank you for the appreciation.
Hi Effie, I second your thoughts. It is really important for a person to realize the importance of work-life balance.
Hey, I would like to know who has voted affirmatively in the poll. Who thinks that it's fine to sacrifice family for the sake of work? Could you please explain?
Regards,
Reena
From India, Mumbai
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